The Film Desk of the Young Critics Circle voted Baconaua as the best film of 2017. The film also bagged the Best Achievement in Cinematography and Visual Design award, for TM Malones and Marielle Hizon.

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The award for Best Performance was given to Anthony Falcon, who plays a transwoman revisiting her past in Mga Gabing Kasinghaba ng Hair Ko.

Best Screenplay is The Chanters, written by John Paul Bedia and Andrian Legaspi from a story by Ana Puod and James Robin Mayo.

Nervous Translation claimed two awards: Best Achievement in Editing for Shireen Seño and John Torres; and Best Achievement in Sound and Aural Orchestration for the original score of Itos Ledesma and the sound design of Mikko Quizon.

The award for Best First Feature was shared by three films: Kiko Boksingero by Thop Nazareno, Si Chedeng at si Apple by Rae Red and Fatrick Tabada, and The Chanters by James Robin Mayo.

The Young Critics Circle is composed of film critics and academics from the University of the Philippines Diliman and Ateneo de Manila University.